I was never the child to sit around bored constantly. If I found myself bored, I would go grab a book. My mom and dad read to me every night as a child and when I could read on my own, they let me read alone before bed. They were always the parents who thought that “the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children,” (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, and Wilkson 23). They taught me how to love reading and made sure I always set aside time to read. My parents were not the only thing to contribute to my love of reading, starting when I was about 6 years old, the Summer Reading Program at Lincoln Township library showed that reading is one of the joys in life. My mom
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Pride was not usually what I was after when I was in elementary school. I would be able to choose a prize if I got to a certain number of pages. The teenager who was monitoring the table would ask, “Do you want to choose your prize today or the next time you come in?” Every time I always answered, “Right now please.” They would then tell me to walk over to the treasure chest and show which shelf I could choose off of. The prizes got better as you went up the shelves. I would always eye the top shelf wondering how long it would be in the summer when I could finally choose that stuffed dog I had always wanted. The dog would go perfectly in my stuffed animal collection taking over the corner of my room. But since I was not usually at the top shelf, I focused on the shelf the teen pointed at. It probably took me two minutes to decide the prize I wanted. This was a big decision for an elementary schooler. Most often I would choose the prize I knew was either worth the most on that level, or that looked the most fun. I would only choose the most valuable one none looked fun at all. As a kid, you cannot pass up free toys when given the chance and you might as well get the most expensive one if nothing suits your tastes. It’s basically one of the rules as a kid. Well is was for me at least. The only thing that was missing was music whenever the teenager helping me opened the chest. Really triumphant music would have made me fell …show more content…
Series were, and will always be, my most read books. Back then it was just so easy rack up the points as I progressed through my favorite series at the time. So for two summers, since I wanted to make it only a summer reading program series, I worked through The Series of Unfortunate Events. I found it by wandering through the shelves looking for something to catch my eye and noticed the row of multicolored spines but all the same height, font and binding style. I knew it had to be a series so I picked up the first book to see what it was about. Instantly I knew I would love reading about the terrible things the Baudelaire children had to go through and how Olaf messed with their plans. Once I finished the series after the two summers, I wanted to read something similar to Lemony Snicket’s series. I discovered for those next few years I enjoyed seeing people get out of tough situations, which also made me think about how I would handle things like that. I also loved seeing how different people progressed through series and how they reacted to different
Pride was not usually what I was after when I was in elementary school. I would be able to choose a prize if I got to a certain number of pages. The teenager who was monitoring the table would ask, “Do you want to choose your prize today or the next time you come in?” Every time I always answered, “Right now please.” They would then tell me to walk over to the treasure chest and show which shelf I could choose off of. The prizes got better as you went up the shelves. I would always eye the top shelf wondering how long it would be in the summer when I could finally choose that stuffed dog I had always wanted. The dog would go perfectly in my stuffed animal collection taking over the corner of my room. But since I was not usually at the top shelf, I focused on the shelf the teen pointed at. It probably took me two minutes to decide the prize I wanted. This was a big decision for an elementary schooler. Most often I would choose the prize I knew was either worth the most on that level, or that looked the most fun. I would only choose the most valuable one none looked fun at all. As a kid, you cannot pass up free toys when given the chance and you might as well get the most expensive one if nothing suits your tastes. It’s basically one of the rules as a kid. Well is was for me at least. The only thing that was missing was music whenever the teenager helping me opened the chest. Really triumphant music would have made me fell …show more content…
Series were, and will always be, my most read books. Back then it was just so easy rack up the points as I progressed through my favorite series at the time. So for two summers, since I wanted to make it only a summer reading program series, I worked through The Series of Unfortunate Events. I found it by wandering through the shelves looking for something to catch my eye and noticed the row of multicolored spines but all the same height, font and binding style. I knew it had to be a series so I picked up the first book to see what it was about. Instantly I knew I would love reading about the terrible things the Baudelaire children had to go through and how Olaf messed with their plans. Once I finished the series after the two summers, I wanted to read something similar to Lemony Snicket’s series. I discovered for those next few years I enjoyed seeing people get out of tough situations, which also made me think about how I would handle things like that. I also loved seeing how different people progressed through series and how they reacted to different